Mr. Fergus Healy:

Yes, they all are used for target shooting. However, for a non-restricted gun, the person must demonstrate the purpose for which he or she seeks the gun and whether it is designed for that particular purpose. The argument put forward is if one is shooting at a paper target, why would one need a 9 mm round to so do when something else might do the same job? There are approximately 1,600 licensed handguns in the State of various different types, the majority of which are the .22 calibre and the 9 mm types of handgun, that is the 9 mm Glock and its cloned versions. There are perhaps 1,000 of the .22 calibre handguns versus approximately 600 of the restricted handguns. Of the 1,600 handguns that are licensed there is a ratio of one third to two thirds with respect to restricted versus unrestricted.